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Tenchū and Kakashi met the next morning, since Kinatsu had a mission right off the bat. He greeted, "Morning, Midori."
"Good morning, Kakashi. Anything in mind for activities today?"
"Not really, but why don't we walk around a little, perhaps we could even walk to the tourist town just a few miles from Konohagakure."
She smiled a little and blinked when he held out a hand to her. Her cheeks reddened a bit before she asked, "Are you sure you want us to be seen holding hands so soon?"
"Of course, Midori. I'm not embarrassed to display that we're together to anyone, so you shouldn't be, either."
"All right."
She placed her hand in his and they walked through the streets, totally aware that they were being spied upon by his genin team. Since their memories were erased, Sasuke and Naruto were trying to find out about Tenchū through spying again, but this time the jonin weren't going to just openly talk about S-class information. Sakura had come along because of Sasuke, willing to help him in any way she could.
Tenchū smirked when she picked up the disbelieving whispers of the trio.
"Whoa! Tenchū's dating Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto exclaimed in shock.
"It appears so," Sasuke affirmed, although they could see it with their own eyes.
"I think when Kakashi-sensei told us to go home, he stayed to meet up with her again, but I didn't think they were this close," Sakura whispered.
"Do you think they're seriously dating?" the blonde boy demanded.
"I don't know, but we'll have to watch them for a while to see," Sakura decided.
"Would you two keep it down?" Sasuke hissed. "These two aren't Genin, you know."
Kakashi pretended to not notice them and pointed out to his romantic interest, "There's plenty of places to try out new foods here, if you'd like."
"I just ate breakfast, Kakashi. Perhaps for lunch?"
"Ah, yes. Sorry, I was just pointing out new things."
"It's okay, I'm a little nervous too, since we only went out for two months and that was twelve years ago. Now we're no longer teenagers, but this is still kind of new to the both of us."
He rubbed the back of his head, chuckling. "You got me. I don't really know what I'm doing, since the only person I dated was you. We were rather formal then too, weren't we?"
"Not with names, but almost everything else. This is the first time I've held hands with you, even though it feels nice."
They stepped a little closer together when they felt comfortable enough, which was about half an hour into their stroll around the village. Team Seven tailed them the whole way, before they sat down on a bench to chat on some…intimate things.
"Did you have any relationships besides my late teammate and me while you were on the road?"
"Nope, my only even remotely-romantic companions, once I became of age, were a certain series of books I read."
She reached into her purse and Kakashi started snickering when she pulled out the first copy of Make-out Paradise. "You read those too? I think they're very…stimulating, to say the least."
They both snickered when they heard Naruto cry, "Tenchū reads those dirty books? Does your cousin have no sense of decency?"
"This is the first time I've even seen anything perverted about her, she does have a ward to look after, so she mustn't read them around him," Sasuke admitted.
As they freaked out, Kakashi scooted closer to her and put his arm around her. "Do you think…marriage could work for us, a jonin and a jonin-sensei?"
She reached up and stroked his masked cheek, murmuring, "If we can't make it work, no ninja can, considering how busy they can be with missions. At least I didn't insist on being an ANBU anymore or else my life would doubly be on the line."
"Aren't you assigned to the Interrogation and Intelligence division?"
"Yes, and that can be dangerous work too, you know."
"How do you like Ibiki?"
"He's actually quite friendly when he's not totally focused on his job."
"Back onto the main subject, since your line of work isn't nearly as life-threatening, would you be averse to having any children?"
"Maybe a year down the road or so, but yes, I would. Kinatsu is already very mature for his age and should make Chunin rather easily. Once he does that, I'll kick him out or move in with you."
"So does this…" Kakashi slipped a thin band of white gold on her left fourth finger. "…not offend you?"
Her eyes softened and she shook her head. "Not at all. In fact, I embrace it with both arms."
"We should leave a note for Kinatsu and tell the Hokage."
They stood and strolled to the Hokage tower, Sakura asking, "What's happened that we missed? They're heading to the Hokage tower now."
"I dunno, Sakura-chan," Naruto confessed. "I did get a little worked up over Tenchū being an avid reader of such a series of smutty books."
"Yeah, I missed it too," Sasuke chimed, sounding embarrassed.
Kakashi knocked on the door to the Sandaime's office, he was bidden to enter.
"Kakashi, Tenchū, come in. Are your affairs in order?"
"They will be in a day or two," the Copy Ninja revealed, lifting his new fiancé's hand to show the ring on her finger.
"I see. I give you permission to leave the village and use the rest of your leave as you deem fit."
"Thank you, Hokage-sama," Tenchū almost purred, bowing deeply.
By the time the Chunin Exam came around, Kinatsu was best friends with his new father (not that their relationship was known by anyone except a select few) and Kakashi adored the boy as if he was his own son. Although they only saw Kakashi when there were D-ranked missions with his genin team and he got to come over for dinner and an occasional "sleepover".
Tenchū had taken the habit of wearing what she'd normally worn during her teenage years, especially after she'd turned sixteen: a spaghetti-strap dress with slits to her hips, a sleeveless overcoat that went to her knees, and heeled ninja sandals, but with a new addition: a pair of gloves that went up to the center of her upper arms, to hide her ring. All the genin kunoichi adored her, especially since she was very impressive when it came to tips on training. She didn't just tell, she demonstrated. She seemed unstoppable when it came to missions, the "Crimson Flash of Konoha", as everyone knew her by now, although she hadn't used Hiraishin since the first time she'd executed it. Her speed was almost unnatural, she'd honed it so much during her twelve-year absence.
"Kinatsu, since you're taking the Chunin Exam, I want you to make sure you give a good impression on everyone, all right?" the redhead chirped, smiling.
"Of course, Haha-ue! I'll make you and Chichi-ue proud!" he replied with a happy grin.
Kakashi mussed his hair. "We've both given you extra training, so use those skills you've learned well."
"I promise, Chichi-ue. See you later!"
When he was out of sight, Kakashi turned to his wife. "So, how are you feeling?"
"Fine, although I do feel a little nervous over sending Kinatsu out on his first Chunin Exam only six months after he became a genin."
"I also recommended my team, so I'm sure that he's plenty experienced enough with you teaching him your techniques."
"He still hasn't gotten the hang of Body Flicker yet. His speed still needs to be upped a bit more."
"I think, for a rookie genin, he's going to take these exams by storm."
"He's smart, skilled and handsome like his father, that should count for something."
"What does being handsome have to do with his skills as a ninja?"
"None of the kunoichi will be able to resist his charms."
"You sly old fox, you knew he'd be a flirt!"
"I didn't say that, he's not really at the proper age yet, and his father wasn't one."
"But you sure have the tendency when you feel like it."
Tenchū chuckled. "But so are you, so what will that do to any children we have?"
"They'll be doubly perverse?"
"Precisely, but only when the time calls for that."
"Then we'd better keep our books away from them or else they'll learn to read from them."
"But only once they start getting into everything."
"Well, I should be off, and you should get back to work."
"Okay, see you."
Which of you actually thought there'd be a big wedding? They're busy ninjas, and having that profession, being married would be a weakness that other ninjas would take advantage of, so they had a small wedding and kept things under wraps so that no one would know.
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